Jen Stevens
How to Find out What an Editor is Really Looking for
Read the Writers Guidelines that belong to the publication you want to sell your travel story to. Typically, these guidelines are found online. But sometimes they’re not. What do you do?
How Much Money Can You Make as a Copywriter?
We're switching gears this week to talk about copywriting -- a way for you to use your travel writing skills to bank six-figures a year. Jennifer Stevens is a copywriter. Scroll below for what Jen thinks is the key to getting started as a copywriter. If you can tell a good story, she says, you can do this.
Getting Started Locally: How to Write about Your Hometown for Free Perks and Profit
Read from Jennifer Stevens, start thinking about your hometown and articles you might write about sights and attractions near you, it’s easiest to get started when you start locally.
How to Land Free Press Trips with Assignment Letters
Click here to see International Living Executive Editor Jennifer Stevens’ simple formula for getting an assignment letter -- your golden ticket to all-expenses-paid trips.
Get a Travel Article Published This Week in Four Steps
Click here to see International Living Executive Editor Jennifer Stevens’ four simple steps to getting your first travel article published this week.
Five Travel Writing Predictions for 2012
Read Jennifer Stevens', the International Living Magazine Executive Editor, advice and predictions for this years travel writers.
Now This is a Good Gig…
Jen Stevens describes her experiences in Nicaragua this week as she works on her latest travel writing assignment. She gives details about the benefits her career allows her and gives simple tips to get started.
Does This Look Like Work to You?
Jen Stevens provides examples of published travel articles while working from Grenada, Nicaragua. She focuses on advice to help those interested in travel writing get started writing articles that can be published by magazines and other publications.
I'm on the List...
Ever wonder why travel writers are able to take advantage of free trips, meals, accommodation? Jen Stevens will let you in on the secret. Hotels … tour organizers … cruise lines … airlines … even local governments are willing to spend big bucks on travel writers in hopes that they’ll have a positive experience and write about it favorably in a magazine, newspaper, or newsletter.
Which of These Story Ideas Will Sell Best…
Jen Stevens gives her expert advice on how to craft an engaging, specific and informative article title that will catch an editor's eye.
Get Paid to Travel: How to Polish and Present an Idea to an Editor
Learn how to highlight an idea in the first few sentences of your query letter and target it for the right audience -- and you'll immediately set yourself up for travel writing success.
Five Ways "Professional" Behavior Can Earn You More Bylines... and Perks
Hear Jennifer Stevens, Executive Editor if International Living Magazine, give great tips on how professional behavior can increase your article sales, and better your relationship with editors.
Where to Find the Power Words That Make Your Descriptions Rich, Sophisticated, and Professional
Jen Stevens, Editor of International Living Magazine gives her insight on how to better your writing with verbs. She gives great examples and advice on how powerful verbs can really increase the quality of your travel article.
5 Tips for Smart Digging: How to do Article Research Before You Leave Town
No matter where you're headed -- whether you're bound for a tourist attraction just a few miles from your home or an exotic locale halfway around the globe, familiarize yourself with your destination before you pack your bags. Even if it's a place you've been to before, don't skip this step. Things change. And you [...]
